Get Started Hampton Roads is in partnership with Inside Business and the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with networking and will include food and drinks. Local small business pitch winner to earn $10,000 prize package at June 17 event.

Small businesses employ 50 percent of the U.S. workforce. The Chamber understands the importance of small business to our economy, and honors their efforts each year. The Hampton Roads Chamber, in partnership with the Small Business Development Center of Hampton Roads (SBDC), held its Small Business of the Year Awards luncheon on Friday, June 12 at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. More than 250 people attended the event to show their support of the local small businesses.